In honor of the Oscar, Grammy and Tony-winning legend’s 70th Birthday this year, The Woodlawn Theatre is teaming up with The Musical Company for a San Antonio premiere musical revue. This musical presentation has assembled a cast of incredible singers and dancers to bring you highlights from Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita, CATS, Starlight Express, Sunset Boulevard, Phantom of the Opera, and many more.

The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber promises to be a wondrous, glamorous event with crowd-pleasing Andrew Lloyd Webber songs you've come to know and love. Whether you're a lifelong Webber musical fan, or just love musical theatre, this production is sure to please, from opening to close.

GODSPELL

Playwright(s): Conceived and Originally Directed by JOHN-
MICHAEL TEBELAK
MUSIC AND NEW LYRICS BY STEPHEN SCHWARTZ

Opens on: 02/23/2018 and Runs Through: 03/03/2018

Days/Times: February 23 & 24 and March 2 & 3 at 8 p.m. March 1 at 7 p.m.February 25 at 2 p.m.

Synopsis:
UIW Theatre presents the inspiring musical, GODSPELL from February 23 to March 3. Using a variety of games, storytelling techniques, and parables from the Gospel of Matthew, a group of students learn the importance of love, kindness and inclusion from a master teacher. It's a hummable, hand-clapping, move-to-the-beat musical you won't want to miss.

Heathers The Musical (High School Edition) is the darkly delicious story of Veronica Sawyer, a brainy, beautiful teenage misfit who hustles her way into the most powerful and ruthless clique at Westerberg High: the Heathers. But before she can get comfortable atop the high school food chain, Veronica falls in love with the dangerously handsome new kid J.D. When Heather Chandler, the Almighty, kicks her out of the group, Veronica decides to bite the bullet and kiss Heather’s aerobicized butt... but J.D. has another plan for that bullet.

Brought to you by the award-winning creative team of Kevin Murphy (Reefer Madness, Desperate Housewives), Laurence O’Keefe (Bat Boy, Legally Blonde) and director Andy Fickman (Reefer Madness, She’s the Man), Heathers The Musical (High School Edition) is a hilarious, heartfelt and homicidal new show based on the greatest teen comedy of all time.

Crystal Sea Drama Company will be performing the most well-known Gilbert & Sullivan operetta, The Mikado, with traditional kimonos and Japanese settings. See what happens when Nanki-Poo, son of the Mikado of Japan, flees his father's imperial court to escape marriage with Katisha, an elderly lady. Disguised as a traveling musician, he meets and falls in love with Yum-Yum, the young ward of Ko-Ko, a flirtatious cheap tailor, now Lord High Executioner in the town of Titipu. Yum-Yum, however, was already betrothed to her guardian, and so the fun begins. Add Pooh-Bah, Pitti-Sing, Peep-Bo, the return of the Mikado with Katisha in tow, as well as a mandatory execution, and you will come to see why this production has delighted audiences for almost a century.

A talk back on opening night will focus on our Community Partner, EthnoArts, and how you can be a part of their ministry. You’ll want to stay after the show to hear what how God is moving through them and to ask them questions!

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Monty Python's Spamalot

Playwright(s):
Book and Lyrics by Eric Idle
Music by John Du Prez and Eric Idle
From the Original Screenplay by Craham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle,Terry Jones and Michael Palin

Opens on: 02/02/2018 and Runs Through: 02/25/2018

Days/Times: Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 2pm

Synopsis:
This hilarious musical comedy (adapted from "Monty Python and the Holy Grail") follows the Knights of the Round Table as they go on an adventure you won't soon forget!Appropriate for Ages 16 & up (language and content)

BUG

This thriller, set in a seedy Oklahoma City motel room, centers on the meeting between Agnes, a divorced waitress and Peter, a soft-spoken Gulf War drifter whose fears escalate to paranoia and conspiracy theories after a hidden bug infestation.

Disclaimer:

Due to Violence, Profanity and Adult Subject Matter, this play is recommended for Mature Audiences only.

"Yearning for some laid-back late-night laughter? Settle into the Denials' cozy seats, theater chair cushions thoughtfully provided. Each Saturday, the raucous welcoming cast rips through a list of several improv games with help from an eager audience." - San Antonio Magazine

Synopsis:
A World Premiere written by Carolyn Dellinger. A plucky young Red Ant goes on a quest to find a Rainbow, but finds herself in Blue Ant territory! A story of learning, communicating and building, Ants Go Marching is Magik’s first Theatre for the Very Young original built for children ages 5 and under. Together, with Red and Blue, you will go on a colorful adventure of rhythm, dance, and new friendship! This show follows the successful run of Wake Up, Brother Bear, the first Theatre for the Very Young show presented by The Magik Theatre, in collaboration with Imagination Stage.

The Wedding Singer takes us back to a time when hair was big, greed was good, collars were up and a wedding singer might just be the coolest guy in the room. Based on the hit Adam Sandler movie, The Wedding Singer'ssparkling new score does for the '80s what Hairspray did for the '60s. Just say yes to the most romantic musical in twenty years.

It's 1985, and rock star wannabe, Robbie Hart, is New Jersey's favorite wedding singer. He's the life of the party until his own fiancée leaves him at the altar. Shot through the heart, Robbie makes every wedding as disastrous as his own. Enter Julia, a winsome waitress who wins his affection. As luck would have it, Julia is about to be married to a Wall Street shark, and, unless Robbie can pull off the performance of a decade, the girl of his dreams will be gone forever.

The Glam Clam

Synopsis:
In a time of crisis, who better to have on your side than Anya Knees, Barbara Koa, and Cialis Neveah Raven, the fabulous drag queen trio. Along with their lesbian papis chulo, Tres Pennies, they come together to help their really old friend Harold after he was attacked leaving the gay bar he owns.

Come check out episode one of this hilariously ridiculous stage novela filled with fun characters you will grow to love.

GEEZERS

An optional dinner is served at 6:30 P.M. before the 8 P.M. curtain on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Sunday matinees are at 2:30 P.M. with a 1 P.M. lunch available.

Synopsis:

Jack, a shy 27 year old, begins a job in a retirement home helping seniors with their needs. But it’s the “Geezers” who wind up helping Jack with his needs. This is a funny, heartwarming drama about growth and wisdom, learning and loving, life and death.

Synopsis: Hamlet is a Danish Prince who is caught between thought and action, anger and anguish, as his uncle assumes the throne left vacant by his murdered father. As the dead King calls to him from the grave, demanding to be avenged, Hamlet is forced to choose between bearing the oppressor’s wrong or taking arms against a sea of troubles. Shakespeare's tragedy of betrayal and revenge is considered among the greatest plays in the English language. The Vex's production takes a unique twist with a steampunk theme.

Synopsis: Bless Me, Ultima is a drama set in the 1940s, centered on the social-psychological maturation of a Mexican-American, or Chicano, six-year-old Antonio Márez, living on the eastern plains of New Mexico. Ultima is a curandera, or folk healer, who helps Antonio contend with the battle between good and evil that rages in his village. The Classic Theatre pays homage to Chicano literature pioneer, playwright and 2016 National Medal of Arts recipient Rudolfo Anaya with a fully staged version of his iconic breakthrough 1972 novel.

Dashiell Hammett and the Midnight Caller

Days/Times: Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm; Sunday Feb 25th at 3pm and Sunday March 4th at 7pm

Synopsis:

Dashiell Hammett and the Midnight Caller by Mark Leonard

Directed by multiple ATAC award winner John Boyd

From the author of the ATAC Award Wining Original play, Jackson Square, comes a 1940s detective noir / historical fiction about the man who wrote the screenplays for “The Maltese Falcon” and “The Thin Man,” as well as numerous “hard-boiled” detective novels. Leonard leverages the Film Noir Detective archetypes and tough dialogue Hammett made famous with actual quotes from the public domain notorious House Un-american Activities Committee hearings to create a suspenseful crime drama blend of fact and fiction

The Last 5 Years

Synopsis:
An emotionally powerful and intimate musical, The Last 5 Years is the story of two New Yorkers who fall in and out of love over the course of five years. The show's unconventional structure consists of Cathy telling her story backwards, while Jamie tells his story chronologically; the two characters are only on stage together once, at their wedding in the middle of the show.

This is the first Small Tour being presented by TLO & ARIA Creative. We will be performing at the following venues:

Time Stands Still

TIME STANDS STILL focuses on Sarah and James, a photojournalist and a foreign correspondent trying to find happiness in a world that seems to have gone crazy. Theirs is a partnership based on telling the toughest stories, and together, making a difference. But when their own story takes a sudden turn, the adventurous couple confronts the prospect of a more conventional life."Mr. Margulies is gifted at creating complex characters through wholly natural interaction, allowing the emotional layers, the long histories, the hidden kernels of conflict to emerge organically. Throughout, his dialogue crackles with bright wit and intelligence. Although TIME STANDS STILL is deceptively modest, consisting of a handful of conversations among just four characters, the range of feeling it explores is wide and deep." —NY Times. This is BCT's Theatre on the Edge (TOTE) show of the 2017-2018 Season & may contain adult subjects or language.

The Elephant Man

Synopsis:
The Elephant Man is an award winning play based on the real-life experiences of John Merrick who lived from 1862-1890. Born with extreme disfigurements he struggles to be accepted as a man instead of being ridiculed as a freak. The play touches on acceptance, grace, humor, bigotry and the desire to be like everyone else in spite of what he looks like and the struggles that face him on a daily basis. The play is a powerful testament encouraging us to focus on that which connects us instead of that which divides us. The play is a study in human dignity.

BUDDY – THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY TELLS THE TRUE STORY OF BUDDY’S METEORIC RISE TO FAME, FROM THE MOMENT IN 1957 WHEN ‘THAT’LL BE THE DAY’ HIT THE AIRWAVES UNTIL HIS TRAGIC DEATH LESS THAN TWO YEARS LATER ON “THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED”. THE SHOW FEATURES OVER 20 OF BUDDY HOLLY’S GREATEST HITS INCLUDING ‘THAT’LL BE THE DAY’, ‘PEGGY SUE’, ‘EVERYDAY’, ‘OH BOY’, ‘NOT FADE AWAY’, ‘RAVE ON’ AND ‘RAINING IN MY HEART’, PLUS RITCHIE VALENS’ ‘LA BAMBA’ AND THE BIG BOPPER’S ‘CHANTILLY LACE’.

THE INCREDIBLE LEGACY OF THE YOUNG MAN WITH GLASSES, WHOSE MUSICAL CAREER SPANNED AN ALL-TOO-BRIEF PERIOD DURING THE GOLDEN DAYS OF ROCK & ROLL, CONTINUES TO LIVE ON IN BUDDY.

SEEN BY OVER 22 MILLION PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD, BUDDYWILL HAVE YOU ON YOUR FEET AND “SEND YOU OUT OF THE THEATER ON AN UNSTOPPABLE HIGH” (The Boston Globe).

Synopsis:
A World Premiere written by Carolyn Dellinger. A plucky young Red Ant goes on a quest to find a Rainbow, but finds herself in Blue Ant territory! A story of learning, communicating and building, Ants Go Marching is Magik’s first Theatre for the Very Young original built for children ages 5 and under. Together, with Red and Blue, you will go on a colorful adventure of rhythm, dance, and new friendship! This show follows the successful run of Wake Up, Brother Bear, the first Theatre for the Very Young show presented by The Magik Theatre, in collaboration with Imagination Stage.

Haven’t we all had a time that we wished we could have a do-over? In this poignant comedy, we see a variety of life choices play out in the lives of a group of faithful patrons of Pappa Jeaux's, a southern restaurant, where, on this particular evening, everyone is at a crossroads in life, whether they realize it or not.

The Emmy Award-winning Saturday morning educational cartoon series and pop culture phenomenon is now the basis for one of the most fun and easily mounted musicals ever to hit the stage, Schoolhouse Rock Live! JR.

A loose, revue-like structure allows for a great deal of flexibility in staging and cast size in this energetic musical, which follows Tom, a young schoolteacher, who is nervous about his first day of teaching. He tries to relax by watching TV, when various characters representing facets of his personality emerge from the set and show him how to win his students over with imagination and music. Memorable songs as "Just a Bill," "Lolly, Lolly, Lolly" and "Conjunction Junction" bring his lesson plans vividly to life.

Mom's Gift

An optional dinner is served at 6:30 P.M. before the 8 P.M. curtain on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Sunday matinees are at 2:30 P.M. with a 1 P.M. lunch available.

Synopsis:

Mom has been dead for 11 months and shows up at her husband’s birthday party as a ghost trying to earn her wings. The only person who can hear or see mom is her daughter, who is attending the party as part of her court ordered Anger Management Program.

My Fair Lady

Playwright(s): Book and Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner
Music by Frederick Loewe

Opens on: 04/29/2018 and Runs Through: 06/03/2018

Days/Times:

Fridays at 8pm - May 4, 11, 18, 25, June 1Saturdays at 8pm - May 12Sundays at 4pm - April 29, May 6, 20, 27, June 3

Synopsis:

When Lerner and Loewe’s My Fair Lady opened on Broadway, it collected six Tony Awards, including Best Musical, while the film version took home eight Oscars, including Best Picture. Based on George Bernard Shaw’s play Pygmalion, My Fair Lady is that rare musical by which all others are measured. The tale of a cockney flower girl transformed into an elegant lady features one of musical theatre’s greatest scores, including: “Wouldn’t It Be Loverly?,” “With a Little Bit of Luck,” “The Rain in Spain,” “I Could Have Danced All Night,” “On the Street Where You Live,” “Get Me to the Church on Time,” and “I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face.”

Eliza Doolittle is a young flower seller with an unmistakable Cockney accent which keeps her in the lower rungs of Edwardian society. When Professor Henry Higgins tries to teach her how to speak like a proper lady, an unlikely friendship begins to flourish.

The Cherry Orchard

Synopsis: Set in Russia at the turn of the century, is Anton Chekhov's masterpiece about a family on the edge of ruin, and a country on the brink of revolution. Early one May morning, after a five-year absence, the widow Madame Ranevsky returns home to her family estate to find that it has been heavily mortgaged to pay for her extravagances and that it is to be auctioned off. Madame Ranevsky and her brother, find themselves scrambling to retain a vision of gentility amidst a climate of huge social and economic transition. How will they cope?

600 years of history in 6000 seconds … history will never be the same! From Washington to Watergate, yea verily from the Bering Straits to Baghdad, from New World to New World Order – THE COMPLETE HISTORY OFAMERICA (ABRIDGED) is a ninety-minute rollercoaster ride through the glorious quagmire that is American History, reminding us that it's not the length of your history that matters — it's what you've done with it! From the same team that brought you THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (ABRIDGED), this quick-witted, irreverent, fast-paced comedy will keep you laughing!

To make reservations call the theatre at 830-249-9166 or go online to boernetheatre.org.

Spring Awakening (with Teens)

Roxie Theatre Company

Playwright(s): Book and Lyrics by Steven Sater
Music by Duncan Sheik
Based on the play by Frank Wedekind

Opens on: 05/12/2018 and Runs Through: 06/16/2018

Days/Times: Saturdays at 3:00pmMay 12, 19, 26June 2, 9, 16

Synopsis:

The winner of eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical, told by Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater through what Entertainment Weekly called, "the most gorgeous Broadway score this decade," Spring Awakening explores the journey from adolescence to adulthood with a poignancy and passion that is illuminating and unforgettable. The landmark musical is an electrifying fusion of morality, sexuality and rock and roll that is exhilarating audiences across the nation like no other musical in years.

It is Germany, 1891, a world where the grown-ups hold all the cards. The beautiful young Wendla explores the mysteries of her body and wonders aloud where babies come from... until Mama tells her to shut it and put on a proper dress. Elsewhere, the brilliant and fearless young Melchior interrupts a mind-numbing Latin drill to defend his buddy, Moritz – a boy so traumatized by puberty that he can't concentrate on anything... not that the Headmaster cares. He strikes them both and tells them to turn in their lesson. One afternoon, in a private place in the woods, Melchior and Wendla meet by accident and soon find within themselves a desire unlike anything they've ever felt. As they fumble their way into one another's arms, Moritz flounders and soon fails out of school. When even his one adult friend, Melchior's mother, ignores his plea for help, he is left so distraught that he can't hear the promise of life offered by his outcast friend, Ilse. Naturally, the Headmasters waste no time in pinning the "crime" of Moritz's suicide on Melchior to expel him. And soon, Mama learns that her little Wendla is pregnant. Now the young lovers must struggle against all odds to build a world together for their child.

SHOUT! The Mod Musical

Playwright(s): Created by Phillip George David Lowenstein
Continuity by Peter Morris
Music and Lyrics by Various

Opens on: 06/09/2018 and Runs Through: 07/01/2018

Days/Times:

Thursday at 8pm - June 28Fridays at 8pm - JUNE 15, 22, 29 Saturdays at 8pm - JUNE 9, 16, 23, 30Sundays at 4pm - JUNE 10, 24, July 1

Synopsis:

With its irresistible blend of hip-swiveling hits, eye-popping fashions and outrageous dance moves, SHOUT! The Mod Musical takes audiences back to the music, style and freedom of the 1960s. Created by Phillip George and David Lowenstein, SHOUT! features terrific new arrangements of such classic tunes as "To Sir with Love," "Downtown," "Son of a Preacher Man" and "Goldfinger."

The review follows five groovy gals as they come of age during those glorious days that made England swing. Traveling in time from 1960 to 1970, SHOUT! chronicles the dawning liberation of women, from the rise of Dusty Springfield, Petula Clark and Cilla Black as independent women with major careers, to their American counterparts, redefining themselves in the face of changing attitudes about gender. With a shimmy and shake, the songs are tied together by hilarious sound bites from the period – from '60s advertisements to letters answered by an advice columnist who thinks that every problem can be solved with a "fetching new hair style and a new shade of lipstick."

The songs in this delightful musical resonate with a timeless quality that appeals to every generation.

DEER CAMP

An optional dinner is served at 6:30 P.M. before the 8 P.M. curtain on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Sunday matinees on July 22 and 29 are at 4 P.M. dessert only.

Synopsis:

Four buddies are enjoying their annual deer hunting trip, but after 15 years of coming home with nothing but a hangover, their wives have given them an ultimatum...bag a deer or your deer camp days are over.

Synopsis:
This rollicking Southern comedy takes place in SPA-DEE-DAH!, the abandoned church-turned-day-spa where a fiesty group of females gathers every Friday afternoon. After the loss of a dear friend, the women realize time is precious, and if they're going to change their lives and achieve their dreams, they need to get on it now! But Sugar Lee, their high-spirited, determined leader, has her hands full keeping the women motivated. Tension mounts when a sexy ex-boyfriend shows up unexpectedly, a marriage proposal comes from an unlikely suitor and Sugar Lee's archrival vows she'll stop at nothing to steal the spa away from her. By the time the women rally together to overcome these obstacles and launch their new, improved lives, you've got a side-splitting, joyful comedy that will make you laugh out loud and shout "Hallelujah!"

The 39 Steps

Synopsis:
Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python and you have The 39 Steps, a fast-paced whodunit for anyone who loves the magic of theatre! This two-time Tony® and Drama Desk Award-winning treat is packed with nonstop laughs, over 150 zany characters (played by a ridiculously talented cast of four), an onstage plane crash, handcuffs, missing fingers, and some good old-fashioned romance! In The 39 Steps, a man with a boring life meets a woman with a thick accent who says she’s a spy. When he takes her home, she is murdered. Soon, a mysterious organization called “The 39 Steps” is hot on the man’s trail in a nationwide manhunt that climaxes in a death-defying finale! A riotous blend of virtuoso performances and wildly inventive stagecraft, The 39 Steps amounts to an unforgettable evening of pure pleasure!

Synopsis:
Synopsis: In this cult classic, sweethearts Brad and Janet, stuck with a flat tire during a storm, discover the eerie mansion of Dr. Frank-N-Furter, a transvestite scientist. As their innocence is lost, Brad and Janet meet a houseful of wild characters, including a rocking biker and a creepy butler. Through elaborate dances and rock songs, Frank-N-Furter unveils his latest creation: a muscular man named "Rocky."

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